Titus 3:12 (ASV)

Passage

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

Nearby Context

Titus 3:10 A factious man after a first and second admonition refuse;

Titus 3:11 knowing that such a one is perverted, and sinneth, being self-condemned.

Titus 3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, give diligence to come unto me to Nicopolis: for there I have determined to winter.

Titus 3:13 Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.

Titus 3:14 And let our [people] also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "send", "artemas", "thee", "tychicus", "give", "diligence", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "send", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "knowing that such a one is perverted..." into verse 13's "Set forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos...", so "shall" and "send" belong inside that flow. In Titus context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "send" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.